14K Triad

The 14K Triad is a triad group based in Hong Kong that was founded in 1945. The gang was formed in Guangzhou, China by Kuomintang general Kot Siu-wong, who intended for it to be an anti-communist action group. However, the group relocated to Hong Kong in 1949 when the Kuomintang fled from the communists during the Chinese Civil War, and the triad named itself for the Kuomintang, adopting the name "14K" (the fourteen referring to the address of its first base). The triad soon grew into 25,000 members in thirty subgroups, and it came to operate in Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and South Africa in addition to China. The triad was allies with the Snakeheads, Wah Ching, the Tiny Rascal Gang, and Abu Sayyaf, while it was rivals with Sun Yee On, Wo On Lok, the Folk Nation, the People Nation, Wo Shing Wo, and Ah Kong.